Baseball Falls To No. 20 Grand Valley State

OVERVIEW – #24 GRAND VALLEY STATE

SCORES: #24 Grand Valley State Lakers 23, #20 Northwood Timberwolves 5

RECORDS: Northwood 0-3, Grand Valley State 3-0

LOCATION: Marion, Ill.

RECAP: No. 20 Northwood baseball falls to No. 24 Grand Valley State 23-5 Saturday afternoon (February 14).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• For the third straight game, Grand Valley State got off to a fast start in the game, plating five runs in the first inning. GVSU scored four in the first inning of both games yesterday.
• Northwood responded with a pair of runs in the second. Caden Duryea came home on a wild pitch, which was followed by a Matthew Meyer sacrifice fly that made the score 5-2.
• GVSU followed with two in the second, five in the third, one in the fourth and two more in the sixth to go up 15-2.
• The Lakers then scored eight more in the eighth to put the game away.
• NU scored three runs in the ninth to round of the scoring, starting with Meyer came home on a wild pitch.
• Matt Wouters and Duryea each had RBI singles for Northwood in the ninth.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 5/13/1, Grand Valley State: 23/21/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 9, Grand Valley State: 12
• Winning Pitcher – Jackson Kees (1-0): 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K
• Losing Pitcher – Connor Foley (0-1): 2 IP, 8 H, 7 R (6 ER), BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Caden Duryea: 5-5, 2B, R, RBI
• Josh Getz: 2-4

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Grand Valley State will finish their series with a game Sunday (February 15). Game time is set for 1 p.m. (ET).